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Technology: MEMS Scanning Mirror
Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) Scanning Mirror
Microvision's MEMS scanning mirror is a silicon device at the center of which is a tiny mirror. This mirror is connected to small flextures allowing it to oscillate. The 2D MEMS scanner oscillates vertically and horizontally to capture (imaging) or reproduce (display) an image pixel-by-pixel. 2D MEMS scanners are used in the PicoP display engine that powers Wearable Displays, Vehicle Displays and Pico Projector Displays. A 1D MEMS scanner,
as used in the ROV Scanner, oscillates along one axis only and is used to capture a bar code image.